Last year, over 5,000 yaer12 students in New South Wales studied drama. Of those students, only 47 were selected to perform at the theater Ceter in Sydney. The performances were held twice everyday this week, and all the tickets were sold out. the audience was made up of drama students and the teachers. Many kinds of dramas were performed and everybody in the theater had a very good time. Since the students have same goals, it was an great opportunity for them to show their wares, nad to validate the process. The're were able to share ideas and motivation. This precious experience will supprt the student in thr future.

French President Jacques Chirac will speak to his nation Tuesday night. He is expected to say what steps he will take after French voters rejected the proposed constitution for the European Union. The vote was held Sunday. Mr. Chirac met with Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin and other political officials Monday. The French leader was expected to ask one of them to form a new government. French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin is likely to resign over the vote.

(1) GM and Toyota / are reportedly close to [signing] a joint venture accord / [to produce] more than 200,000 sub-compact cars a year in the U.S. /
(2) In the meantime, / U.S. embassies in the Middle East / [were reported] to have been placed on full alert / [in expectation of] some kind of terrorist attack. /

(3) On the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market, / the U.S. currency [opened] at\105.50 / and followed a steady uptrend to \106.40 / before [ending] the morning session. /

(4) Imports [fell] by 30.6 percent from 1990, / mainly [owing] to the rapid and substantial appreciation on the yen. /

(5) AIDS is a disease / in which a virus [attacks] the body's immune system, leaving the victim [susceptible to] a wide variety of infections and cancers. /

(6) During the Watergate investigation, / Nixon defenders insisted that, / while much impropriety could be observed, / no proof of presidential obstruction of justice / -- "no smoking gun" -- / had been found. /

(7) [Although] the current tariff reduction plan / excluded many other items considered vital to the U.S. / -- such as citrus and beef product -- / [sources close to] the U.S. Trade Representatives said / that Washington was quite happy with this move towards trade liberalization. /

(8) A Korean Air jet / with 115 people abroad / on a flight from the Middle East / [was missing] somewhere near Burma, / and may [have crashed] into the sea or thick jungle. / Officials said / the missing plane was over the Andaman Sea / when contact was lost. / Experts say / that recovery of the flight recorder, / which could explain the disaster, / will probably be difficult / because the aircraft crashed in waters 3,600 meters deep.